Content Area Links and Ideas K-12:

Grades K-3:

Starfall www.starfall.com
Internet 4 Classrooms www.internet4classrooms.com
Gamequarium www.gamequarium.com
Additional Resources:

lessonview_en.htm - Play and beginning
reading skills

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/ adventures/index.shtml – games and stories
www.abcya.com – math and reading activities by grade level k-5
http://www.webquest.org/index.php - ready made web-quests by grade level or subject
http://bestwebquests.com/search.asp - ready made web-quests by grade level or subject
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/ k3webquests.htm - many lower grade web-quests based on children’s books
http://www.wartoft.nu/software/sebran - games for beginning reading and math skills
http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/ - reading and sound games for beginning reading
http://www.carlscorner.us.com/ - worksheets and fun for language arts

Kidspiration (software program) – has computer-based graphic organizers to create retell graphs, character outlines and more

Grades 4-5
1. Web-Quests www.webquest.org
2. United Streaming http://streaming.discoveryeducation. com

Many more digital photo stories are available by clicking on "Digital Storytelling" in the box at the left of the page

www.funbrain.com – highly recommended by 4th graders
www.mathbrain.com – my 4th graders love this one too
Microsoft Word – try using Word to create interactive timelines (using hyperlinks) – kids love it
Power Point – create books or presentations
Google Earth – 3D images of Earth (very cool)
Place the States – great U.S. geography tool
Google -- web-pages (fast and free)
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/ ref/ games/ -- an awesome tool to create review games such as Jeopardy
Voycabulary.com – put in any text and get a link to each word (with definition and pronunciation)

Look on-line for virtual fieldtrips (Museum of Science and Industry, etc)

1. Dictionary www.dictionary.com
2. Greek Vocabulary http://socrates.berkeley. edu/~ancgreek/
3. Quia www.quia.com

Additional Resources:

Google – a great search engine
E-mail – allow students to create study guides and then e-mail them home
Power Point – students can create presentations that are imaginative and intriguing
Ask.com – provides a wide range of links for students
Word – a great tool for students to create documents that include maps and pictures of their research
United Streaming – great for background info
Free-reading.net – innovative and fun literacy activities for free. http://www. Free-reading.net/index.php?title= Main_Page
Check out the great web-quest sites with already made web-quests (or for great ideas to create your own)

Grades 9-12
Handheld Gaming http://www.nintendo.com/ds
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2. Online Delivery: Web 2.0 Tools:
Blogging Wikis Discussion Board
3. A+dvanced Learning System http://www.waregroup.com/wgnew/ aplus.php?tabsel=1
4. Weaver Instructional Systems http://www.wisesoft.com/
Additional Resources:

Lexia ($) – program designed to help dyslexic students and support ESL students at very basic levels.. http://www.waregroup. com/ wgnew/aplus.php?tabsel=1
Reading Plus ($) – great program for reading comprehension, speed and fluency.http://www.waregroup.com/ wgnewaplus. php?tabsel=1
Free-reading.net – innovative and fun literacy activities for free. http://www. Free-reading.net/index.php?title= Main_Page

K - 12 Math and Science Resources - http://www.goenc.com/

Emu quiz" for K-3rd grade (really cute)!	www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/emu/emuquiz.htm
"Super Sleuths" for 4th-8th grade (don’t wait for Sherlock’s picture to appear, click to the right of the words). It downloads very slowly.	cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/99/teams/searching/index.htm
"Surfing for ABC's" for K-1st grade	www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/abc
"The Atoms Family" for 6th-12th grade	www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
"At Home in the Heartland" for 4th-8th grade	http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/welcome.htm
"Amusement Park Physics" for 9th-12th grade	www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/
"Great Plant Escape" for 2nd-8th grade	www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/